How Many Push-Ups Should You Be Able To Do?

[@calimove]

How Many (Clean) Push-Ups Can You Do?

[@panmichgaming]

19

[@rubyjane8116]

10

[@wojtekwojtek424]

Depends on speed, about 22 reps with 2-0-2 speed

[@christianfarina3056]

50

[@tharakamadushanka7972]

70

[@larryjones676]

Just bought some blue shorts and I can confirm I was able to double my previous max number of push-ups

[@aidanoconnell5664]

Good!

[@jsilbern8973]

With my blue shorts, I am still doing push ups while typing this reply. They've boosted my performance to incredible heights 😂

[@Corrupted-file]

This checks out.

[@hman2912]

Thanks for the tip 👍🏿

[@tangotango5940]

😂

[@Desperate.Daniel.24-7]

Used to do 50-60 with horrible form, depth and momentum. Corrected form and eliminated momentum and it dropped to 27. Corrected depth (chest completely to ground) and it dropped to 6... obliterated my ego lol 2 months from then and I'm at 18 now in one go. Btw I'm 30 now so guess I'm barely under Average. Goal is 36 by the end of this year. Let's go!

[@advantageofthedisadvantage7213]

Touching chest to ground is the hardest part, I feel it bro. Try doing them on your knuckles and still touching the ground, the stretch is crazy

[@turboblitz4587]

Dude I bet most of the people in the study also don't do their pushups correctly. So you're most likely above average

[@jo40p3dr0]

​@@advantageofthedisadvantage7213 fr, I really like the sensation of my chest stretching and my back compressing when I do it like this. My number of reps drops from 30+ to 18 though. The range of motion and the knuckle pain make it harder 😅

[@ggfdd5925]

30 clean push ups is above average in my opinion. you have my respect for achieving good form standards

[@ggfdd5925]

@@jo40p3dr0 to be fair, the numbers don't matter as much. they're only for keeping track of progress, for which form has to be consistent

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

I'm 68. I do full range, chest to floor, fully locked arms at top and proper form. I started at 3, now i can do 13. Still working on them.

[@1unsung971]

NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tonestones9423]

@@1unsung971 Nobody cares that you don't care, don't be an as*h*le

[@xjet]

@@1unsung971 Of course people care... it's great to see people taking their fitness seriously and improving through effort and dedication. When I was in my teens I could do 25 push-ups. I'm now 70 and can do 35-40 (depending on the day). It's fun to set new personal-bests and try to beat them.

[@thesomeonedude9775]

Keep it up 🙌🙌

[@1unsung971]

@@xjet It's a nonsense objective. What transfer value do multiple push ups have to ADL? How many single leg full ROM squats can you do? How long can you hold a full squat for, like the San and !Kung peoples? How far can you lizard Crawl? How long can you dance exuberantly before fatigue stops you? How long does it take you to sprint 20 metres from a Field Start position?How accurately can you throw a spear at 20 meters? Can you wrestle effectively for 3 minutes without fatigue? How far can you walk while carrying 20% of body weight balanced on your head? How often do you climb, swing or brachiate? Push ups are a dumb, Western construct, like pull ups and sit ups. None of these exercises enhance functional strength.

[@skitjaz]

I was able to do 80 push ups when I left the army. Everyone thought it was cool. Then I got to Calisthenics seriously (4y ago) and discovered this channel. Started to do perfect push-ups. My rep count instantly dropped to 30. I've been able to train to 43 from there and my goal is 60. But I also gained 10kg of more muscle mass. Guys... the reps don't matter so much, but the time under tensions does. Doing 80 one second reps results in 80 seconds of workout. But my 30 reps take 3-4 seconds each resulting in 90 - 120 seconds of workout. And this new workout is full range of motion. People in the army and in school don't know what they're doing.

[@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300]

generally true, but rangers, SF, and other high speed guys are anal about form

[@1unsung971]

WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@skitjaz]

@@1unsung971 it's just your opinion man who cares who asks shut up man go do some push-ups man

[@TakingTheRedPill69]

@@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300 High Speed, Low Drag ;)

[@CarlosAM1]

@@1unsung971 I do, now for your bad internet behaviour, give me 20 push-ups

[@jjhbball]

So often, when guys brag about doing 50+ pushups, its with terrible form. Ego is powerful drug.

[@nabojsa]

I used to be able to do 50-70 when I was in my early 20's and thought I was the sh!t. You're guessing it - it was those lame quick bouncy ones lol. Now in my late 30's I'm happy to do 20-25 proper ones.

[@skiman5289]

I'm 41 and I can still do 50 straight but I literally do push ups 5-6 days a week for the last year.

[@eimdeima]

50yrs old, 6'4, 83kg, can manage about 30 max.... I'm happy with that. Obviously always pushing for more.

[@Merumya]

pretty good i'd say. way above average.

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

Age 50 and "always pushing for more" Take it easy friend... ... father time is undefeated! 25 max would be very impressive already! Take care!!!

[@leinadllerp]

But why? Would you rather do 30 biceps curls with 4kg or increase the difficulty / weight? The pushup is not different from any other exercise, I the more you do the smaller the return

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

@@leinadllerp not if your goal is endurance.

[@leinadllerp]

@@VelhaGuardaTricolor... stating the obvious

[@Marty1857]

Another great video! I wasn’t aware that the army had this “new” way of performing pushups, but it makes sense. I was in the military decades ago; there were always guy/gals who could crank out lots of half-assed pushups and claim they were doing everything correctly. Sometimes arguments would ensue. More often, these unrealistic numbers were entered as “real” so that some ended up with higher fitness numbers than they earned. At least with this new method, there is nothing to lie about. Your chest is either resting on the ground, or it is not. Now we’re comparing apples to apples. Granted, we’ve got McIntosh and Red Delicious and Granny Smith, etc., but they’re all APPLES. The charts and numbers make more sense and can be more informative. When you have a large percentage of “outliers” that are fudging their numbers, the ratings gained mean almost nothing.

[@PeteH0121]

Any "new" method of physical training by the military is more likely than not to be driven by their "diversity and inclusion" policy rather than anthing to do with greater efficiency. A sad reflection on the world I'm afraid.

[@joostdriesens3984]

@@PeteH0121 Perhaps the new method is good for preventing the girls to do those half-assed pushups. Your 'more likely than not' seems to me completely based on nothing but your preconceptions.

[@PeteH0121]

@@joostdriesens3984 That's a bit sexist, suggesting it is only the girls that do "half-assed" pushups. You are right though, my opinion is what I expressed in this "comments" section. A fairly commonplace occurence I believe. Maybe you might want to contact the KZbin hierarchy and try to get them to ban everyone from publishing their opinions? I know they do tinker but I suspect that an outright ban might just affect the numbers a bit too significantly. Comment : A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.

[@thijsbron8863]

Hey calimove, I just want to say that after two years of consistent calisthenics training and with that, a LOT of research on how to do exercises and whatnot, this channel is clearly (and by far) the highest quality, easy to follow, and overall best calisthenics channel on KZbin. You guys have helped me immensely in my journey, and I want to thank you for that. I hope you keep on making these high quality workout videos!

[@tomatosauce9328]

I’m 17 and I always get my chest to the ground. I started with 10 push ups now I can do 25 by doing several months of training. Most people I talk to, claim to do 30 and when I reply that I don’t believe them they do like 15 with horrible form. So what I learned was that you shouldn’t compare yourself to what people claim they do. Because the real average is always much lower. Just insist in a correct form and compete with yourself.

[@1unsung971]

SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@ennviii]

@@1unsung971 either you're a troll or really stupid to keep arguing with the other comments

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

Great points that you emphasized about comparisons and form. I recently retired from a long Navy career. I nearly always maxed the physical readiness test. BUT the Navy standard for push-ups is defined very specifically, and it's different from others (Army and your definition, which are different from each other, also). I generally have always counted my push-ups strictly according to the Navy definition because that was the standard that I had to meet for many years. Sometimes, when not training for the PRT, I descend a little closer to the floor since the Navy standard is that your upper arms must be parallel to the floor (right angle between vertical forearm and upper arm), which of course is not the same as descending all the way to the floor. Even with a strictly defined standard, MANY people I observed the Navy did not meet the standard, but still got away with it.

[@GymnasticsCoach83]

As a former gymnast now coach, going from 150lbs when I was in my teens and 20s to 185lbs at 40, the difference is absolutely there. I'm still able to do 50 gymnastics pushup reps (2 seconds up, 2 seconds down). But I've really had to adjust since my legs have gotten a lot bigger since then, especially now that weight is not a concern much anymore. It's made HSPUs, Handstand holds, circles, twists, dismount, one-arm pull ups, muscle ups, and tumbling a lot harder. But surprisingly, I can still do most of what I did when I was in my teens . (Numbers and time a lot lower though.). Yes, CM is right; weight to fat and muscle ratio makes a HUGE difference with these movements.

[@YouTubeGlobalAdminstrator]

2:01 can confirm. Me got big brain, me do many push up.

[@mcbain7392]

I was having trouble doing push ups maxing out at 10-12 (4 sets) and I couldn't understand why until my right shoulder went numb one day and I had to rest. Then I realized I was leaning forward A LOT handicapping myself and using a lot of shoulder strenght, I corrected my form and now I can easily do 20 pushups without shoulder any pain. I used to do a lot of cycling so my mind only works properly using leg muscles and I have a lot of trouble feeling upper body muscles in exercises but I am getting better at it thanks to this channel. I hope this helps someone, watch your form guys.

[@aliberkozderya3112]

Just comparing numbers without knowing which people use what form and thecnique is beyond useless in my opinion. It just turns into a competition of who can butcher the form better.

[@rayzerot]

That's a great way to phrase it

[@ojosdeaguilar]

Eure vids sind nicht nur nützlich und leerreich, sondern auch lustig 😁💪🏻 Grüsse aus der CH, Hombres 😁

[@davidb2438]

I’m 71, I do 3 strict sets of 15, trying to increase reps, I just started, haven’t done them in a while. I was thinking my gym workouts would make it easy, I was wrong. It’s probably hard since I have tears in two rotator cuff tendons, a bicep tendon, and degenerated labrum in my right shoulder. Push-ups don’t hurt too bad

[@PhO3NiX96]

It's crazy how much strength you lose when you stop working out for a while, I can barelly do 10 full range good quality pushups anymore, while before I could get like 30 perfect ones

[@bBlaF]

Took the APFT with regular push-ups (and option of close or wide hands) before the switch to the ACFT and it's narrow grip, hand release push-ups, and everyone's personal max in the two minutes allowed went down. I really feel like the arm extensions add up to a significant extra demand on the shoulders in particular, especially as fast as some people do them to increase their rep rate, and I think that addition adds back more than you save by resting your whole weight for part of each rep. Personally, my arms have never been able to keep up with my chest and I made my numbers in the old test with a wide grip, and the close grip by itself is pretty demanding.

[@TechniSean1]

49 years old and did 35 pushups in one set this morning. Next 3 sets are 20 each.

[@noxonexthere]

In the USAF, we're able to choose between the hand release and standard pushup. i feel that the hand release (as shown in the video) is harder. you burn out your shoulders quicker and the rest you get doesn't really mean anything when doing 50+ in a minute. I personally stick to standard as its easier and you can crank more out. For muscle/strength building do a variety to build better fitness level.

[@DC-qy1qy]

Your saying 11% of people can do 50+ woth that survey, thats wrong lol

[@rodhogan1342]

As always correct form is the best indicator, age will decrease performance but correct form is always more beneficial for your health, park the ego :-)

[@aliberkozderya3112]

I find the hand release push up to be easier than regular push ups with relatively strict form. On top of allowing a rest period between every rep, as you have mentioned, it also allows me to just drop my body weight on to the ground. A regular push up on the other hand requires me to use my own strength to stop my body from moving down. During that portion of the rep you acually have to apply MORE force than your bodyweight. When it comes to the bottom position being difficult to start from, I already do my pushups on elevated handles and go all the way down so feel right at home doing the hand release

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

You are not supposed to drop yourself to the ground. You are supposed to go down slow in a controlled manner

[@aliberkozderya3112]

@@maythesciencebewithyou stil won't need to be as controlled as a regular push up

[@wojtekwojtek424]

Survey studies don't have much value here because most people do push ups with flared out elbows or limited range of motion. I constantly see people training calisthenics with bad push-up form. Push-up form of average person is probably even worse.

[@user-tu5yi4pe2z]

No way 11% can do 50+ proper push ups. Most of them probably either had a very bad technique or straight up lied

[@popoclay5532]

According to David Goggins: all of them.

[@mart34]

Quantity is secondary to quality. I use full range of motion, use a metronome for 1s positive and 3s negative, 5 sets with exactly 30s rest between, and progressively overload. Each exercise is under strictly the same conditions due to perfect timing of reps, sets and rest. I record quantity only to prove progress over time.

[@kiri4186]

I love that you said the thing about comparing yourself to others. I needed to hear that :)

[@virtus4776]

I find the proper way to do push-ups is with pointed tows. The weight distribution puts more intensity on your core and arms.

[@christianfarina3056]

Great video, as usual. It's not only about the number. It is more about ROM, and time under tension.

[@ElDiamondCin]

Time under tensión is extremelly overrated

[@Prophallus88]

Agreed. Trying doing pullups but with explosive up, hold 1 sec with chin over bar, lower for 2 sec and repeat. Comepare 8 of those to 8 of as fast as possible but still with right ROM. So much harder to do the slow ones.

[@ubikcalisthenic5440]

Push-up being an horizontal pushing movement, i can tell that pure height factor is as important as weight (if not more). It's mechanicaly simple to understand, and no surprise all olympic gymnasts are rather small. For exemple, I am very thin guy (1m86 for 76 kilos) with thin arms, and i find dips MUCH easier (because of the vertical factor) than a regular push up. I can do 20 dips with proper form when i can barely do 10 regular push ups with proper form. Push ups for tall people is just disgustingly hard 😭

[@michaelkulman7095]

Do what is right for you at this time. Doing them correctly off of say a desk is better than on the floor poorly. A heavy person doing them off of say a desk or chair seats, a stair step, etcetera, properly may be better, more impressive than a lighter person doing them on the floor considering how much more weight they are pushing. People are always comparing apples to the oranges and to each other poorly. Strength-endurance relative to bodyweight is important, useful, but so is straight up strength-endurance not relative to bodyweight. For example, a military might want individuals to be able to get up over a wall or fence, pull themselves up, their bodyweight up, or climb up or down a cargo net draped over the side of a ship and that's all strength-endurance relative to bodyweight but also be able to change a tire on a big truck where the tire weighs what it weighs and your bodyweight and strength-endurance relative to bodyweight doesn't really matter. Carrying a fallen comrade, your strength-endurance relative to your bodyweight doesn't matter but your strength-endurance relative to their bodyweight does matter. I imagine the hand release push ups were chosen so they wouldn't have to police how far down people went during fitness testing. It's easier, takes less people, than say having another individual put his fist, or flat hand under the test taker or just eye-ball it for example. It may have other benefits besides that but I suspect this is the main reason.

[@nmnate]

Right now I can do about 50 pushups with touching my chest against the floor and locking out my elbows (at 38 years old/170 lbs). For full depth ring pushups I'm in the 15-20 rep range. When I trained normal pushups a lot (military school ~17-18), I topped out at 110 in a 2 minute test. Excellent exercise, I need to train it more 💪

[@get_a_workout_program_for_free]

Why bother yourself, just buy the blue shorts and you will be able to do 1000 push-ups

[@vinodkumaragrawal2988]

Like about 3-4 months ago, it was super hard for me to do even a single pushup with correct form. Now I am able to do like 25 max(full range and correct form)

[@harunrazak1866]

Ditto.

[@molybdaen11]

That's actually a great idea to release the tension when laying down. This way everyone has to do the same motion and you have comparable results.

[@jamesrrr37657]

Push ups with good form and speed are brutal. Anybody that can do 30 consecutive is in very good shape.

[@Sebboebbo]

Da king is back baby he neva miss

[@jackcrater9725]

Pushups honestly feel like a waste of time unless you're doing decline or weighted pushups. I like doing dips instead to failure then when I can't do anymore dips THEN I'll bust out the pushups.

[@gaminguceyt]

One Of My Younger Brother Does 200 Pushups In 8 Different Sets Daily...I Think Its Way Too Much 🙏❣️

[@bestofbest100]

Yeah very great ❤

[@enisten]

1600 in total? That's crazy.

[@jakobfaltermeier6113]

Goodbye rotator cuffs

[@cringeanimations7227]

@@enisten I think he means he does 8 sets 25 totaling 200. It’s prettying impressive depending on his age

[@ChockHub]

I'm 14 and can do 12 push ups in a row is it fine

[@demonwolf570]

I can do 70 with proper form in a minute (P.T. tests) but normally I do 14 slow but deep pushups per set to focus on the chest.

[@ПетърИванов-ю9й]

I am 64 old and make 30 ,15/15 push -ubs every day, still of five years with others exercises!

[@churchhymnsandpsalms]

49. Not in great shape. Restarted calisthenics a few months ago. Can do 3 sets of 10 push ups. And 3 sets of 3 negative pull ups.

[@nabojsa]

keep going and you'll see improvement pretty soon! you already can do more than lots of people, especially in your age.

[@jimihenrik11]

At 16 I was able to go over 100, which was mainly due to karate training. Now at 30 years old, I'm happy to do 20. Damn, i wish back that ease.

[@enisten]

You're still young. It shouldn't be that difficult to get back to 100. I give you 6 months max -- unless you're oveweight which you didn't mention.

[@GiordanoFanti]

I guess that now you can do it with good form, but younger your form is not that clean.

[@enisten]

@@GiordanoFanti Yeah now that I'm getting old I love trashing young people, too.

[@GiordanoFanti]

@@enisten I just remember that was i was younger I've done the same, lot of junky reps. So he probably could even improved.

[@Corilo91]

Doing 100 pushups is unhealthy and pointless. 20 reps at 30 is perfectly fine. You can also add weight on your back to maximize your exercise without harming your joints with really long and repetitive movements. :)

[@quicktastic]

As said, the time element is huge. There needs to be a formula that gives a pushup score (assuming technique is OK). Perhaps ((pushup count * (2 * total seconds)) / 10). This gives added score weight to the time taken to do the pushups. The difficulty climbs drastically as the speed slows. This formula would take that into account. It doesn't let you cheat. The challenge of who can do a certain number of pushups in the fastest time is something different. It can also be impressive though as it would display the fitness and strength of fast-twitch muscles.

[@hannor4516]

10 is absolute minumum (for females it's fine) 20 is recommended, before starting on other advanced pressing exercises 40 in a row is beast mode

[@radwanschiffelers5374]

Although age and gender play crucial roles, it's also essential to consider additional factors like height and weight when determining how many push-ups you should be able to do.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Recently started calisthenics. 43yo, 6’4 at 111kg, about 18. I always use hex dumbbells, gives more depth and I can superset with a feet on the floor planche hold.

[@Tauramehtar]

I've been considering utilizing the hex dumbbells as well. If there really is additional benefit, as you mentioned, that's my goal. I started a month ago doing the Reddit Recommended Routine, also clean diet. Feels great.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

@@Tauramehtar I’m 4 months in. I got a Long way to go but you will feel even more awesome as you progress through the months. Keep Hammering on!

[@DannyDoThings]

i can do 15 full ROM pushup, maybe it is time for me to add weight ???

[@parkourandfreerunning4214]

I am late here but in push ups, it's not recommended to add weight until you reach around 30

[@DannyDoThings]

@@parkourandfreerunning4214 im at 22 now

[@187Overkillah]

I dont know, it’s so easy to cheat or vary the intensity with really, really small adjustment with push ups. I can do 10max pushups and I can do 90max push ups. So I see the question „how many pushups can you do“ always as obsolete…..

[@gggfx4144]

I think military fitness tests are a good benchmark as they are trying to measure the potential of a fit person to undergo strenuous further training and ultimately combat. Public averages mix the whole population and so probably give a conservative view (unless they have narrowed it down to e.g. People who are physically active)

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

Strength training using the Wim Hof breathing technique will significantly increase your push up maximum. 💪

[@Smovvee1]

If you have correct form you can do fast reps . In military test your told to crank them out fast . You have to do 50 in under 2 minutes

[@diogenesoliveira6473]

I find it hard to believe the average is 30 push-ups for young adults.... Or maybe I just don't want to lol

[@paulred158]

53 year old male. With proper form I can only do 20 , good to have a baseline to improve from.

[@cheerfulheartdeepmind685]

Perfect explanation again....👍

[@Petrol_Sniffa]

being 6'3+ is a big disadvantage in exercise. We're basically doing double the rep of shorter people and it's much harder to get muscular.

[@Hjallapenos]

I think I have good form and do the full motion. But like you quickly mentioned. The speed at which you do the push-ups, matters a lot. If I do slower push-ups like your friend on the right, I can do around 20. If I do quicker push-ups like you did on the left, I can do around 30. Overall I think it's sort of pointless to compare with others because everyone has different form, technique, age, genetics, etc... Your best and most fair comparison should always be with your previous self :D

[@CooperDrums]

When I do my pushups, i just completely go for it and dont get my chest to the ground and get about 40. This video has motivated me to breakdown my form and really focus on quality over quantity! 😂

[@fadedwavvy4718]

that chest hitting the floor part imo is unnecessary and makes it easier because yo get a slight break where as if u get low enough but dont jhit the ground you have to hold ur own body weight for a quick sec and use ur own strength and push up rather then hiting the ground and just pushing up all the way

[@ChiefMakes]

@@fadedwavvy4718you want it to touch the floor but you don’t want it to *rest* on the floor, touch the floor with the chest but don’t put weight on the chest whilst touching the ground

[@iblisthemage]

Ability to do many pushups is also a strong indicator of average or lower height.

[@SwayedOfficial]

I asked a girl friend of my cousin she is 21 she was barely able to do 3 push-ups while bringing her inner demons with it

[@Icy_Princess]

I can do....precisely 0. Nope, not a joke, but it's also not my fault really. I'm pretty strong for a girl and exercise a lot and lift weights, so that's not the issue. I did have surgery on my breasts though and during the surgery the pectoralis muscle had to be detached from my ribs, and reattached later. As a result, I have a permanent strength loss of about 25% in my pecs and I'm not allowed to do things such as bench press, push ups, or pull ups which put immense pressure on the pectoralis muscle. Sucks, but what can you do right.

[@HunDev_PL]

It does suck indeed... While not strictly related to push-ups, I had a serious brain surgery at like 3 years old which made me extremely sensitive to rapid changes in pressure and position. For that reason, I literally can't do handstand. My strength is pretty good overall, but when I just try to flip my body upside down my head starts feeling light and extremely painful. You indeed can't measure your strength based on one specific exercise... And anyone who does this isn't worth listening to.

[@impalaSS65]

My guess for the reason for the US army version, is to verify form, as in full range of motion. If every subject do it, then at least they are comparable from time to time and between subjects.

[@kyletalksyoulisten]

I’m 6’5” 210lbs and I can do 15-20 right now. My 5’8” overweight friend can pound out 50 no problem. Range of motion is not covered in this. Not making excuses, it’s just a reality.

[@DreJr]

The army combat fitness/CrossFit pushup feels like a waste of time. I can't do it quickly because that would entail me slamming myself into the ground, lol. It takes longer and feels like it's slowing me down with no benefit such as with slow push-ups. It doesn't appear to decrease the number of push-ups I can do either so I can't figure out the challenge or the purpose of it.

[@rustyshackleford6637]

I use one of those doorway pull-up bars. Put it on the ground and the handles let you go lower more range of motion.

[@pizzaparty-r1c]

Everyone does pushups so wrong. Arms need to be 90° out from your body, not pointed towards your feet. Go back and try again, you'll be surprised at how weak you are. All these guys claiming they can do alot of pushups, but still got a tiny chest. My chest is huge, stretches out my shirts. Only from doing pushups, the correct way.

[@davidanderson5065]

Our muscles do not care about the numbers of reps that we do...all they care about is how much load is being placed on them... that is what we should be more focused on.. infact...we shouldn't even count...but just go by feel alone... focusing more on slow negatives etc... holding positions etc.. that is what builds muscle..

[@RossNixon]

36 on a good day. Only 31 today. 66 yo male. Slowly increasing by about 1 per week or two. Hoping to get it up to 50.

[@Subjectivius]

Im a fatass (134kg) at 188cm and i can do only 6 pushups in a row (with perfect form) and i wasnt able to pass this threshold for the past 2 months.

[@calimove]

6 Push Ups is not bad with 134kg. Keep going!

[@Volkbrecht]

Try doing shorter series (maybe three or four), with a few minutes in between sets. I started working out at 125 kg, and what helped me a lot was getting push-up bars. Don't know how you look, but my fat gut was getting in the way of the exercise. With the bars, I could get more range of motion. Also, in my opinion, perfect form is somewhat counterproductive for beginners. What you want out of pushups is mostly the core-strength. But doing perfect form, especially when you're still heavy, takes a lot of arm power. If you go wider and higher with your hands, you can do the exercise longer. Optimize form when you lost some weight.

[@Piterixos]

Also, doing crazy amount of push-ups in one series won't really build too much muscle or strength. Better do 20 push-ups with bands/weights/handles than 50 standard body weight push ups. And it's sooooo much easier mentally to do a set of 20 than 50.

[@cringeanimations7227]

Yeah it’s a mental challenge going to pure failure doing 40+ reps, but that’s what makes it special. Because a lot of other people aren’t mentally strong enough to do so

[@nabojsa]

@@cringeanimations7227 it's not even about mental challenge... it's just pointless. Why waste your time doing those big numbers just to tire yourself with poor results, when you can do more smaller sets (with added weight) and get better results.

[@cringeanimations7227]

@@nabojsa how is it pointless? Just because it’s not the ideal 6-12 reps, dose t mean it’s pointless as long as you still go to failure.

[@nabojsa]

@@cringeanimations7227 because, like I already said - you waste more energy but get worse results. What's the point of that? And I think same goes for any exercise, when you come to the point that you can do 20 reps easily - it makes more sense to add some weight than to just keep increasing the numbers (unless your goal is to brag how many reps you can do in one set).

[@cringeanimations7227]

@@nabojsa and what makes you say this? It’s just bro science not backed up by anything. If someone does 50 reps and hits failure consistently, they’ll get way better at at push-ups, and be tougher mentally

[@TrollogyExpert]

86 in a roll, when i started i could do only 20, the key is to do push ups everyday, just 2 sets of 20 (and months latter 30-40-50 ets) is enough, just do them everyday, it doesnt even need to be 2 sets in a roll, you can do them whenever you want in the day.

[@yyyy-uv3po]

And remember folks, if you want to make any exercise more challenging, do it on rings !

[@Dimaz42]

I just started out again, so only able to do around 5 pushups (81 kg) 😅 used to be able to do 20+ to 30+ (70 kg) with 100 Pushups training plan (before broken elbow surgery)

[@goodyeoman4534]

30 proper controlled ones is a good standard. I know most people say they can do 50, 60 or more but most of them are lying or exaggerating. You don't need t be going about 20 reps for any exercise, including calisthenics. If you can easily do 20 push ups, you need to progress to weighted push ups or some other variation.

[@Mich-rq1hv]

I’m far from the most fit but also have a little strength and fitness level , but i never train doing push up then recently when i started i realize i could life my body weight 10-15 time in a row i feel i over done it then my lower abs belly started to hurt like crazy level almost thinking i had to go to hospital or something,took a week plus break from push up started again now only doing like 5-6 per set ,i feel the best is to do it slowly and progressively not pushing to extreme then hurt yourself !!

[@Azurantine81]

Considering I couldn't even do 1 single push up about a month or so ago and am now able to do 3 sets ((10,6,5) aiming obviously for 10,10,10 and beyond) I am pretty pleased with the progress. It is defo important to not compare yourself to others though.

[@l.tjustonsenack]

thank u for makeing this video strait and forward and to the point

[@tristanwin]

Air force now includes the 2 minute hand release, which max at 20. It's a lot easier to get vs the 50+ push ups in a minute.

[@michaelwebster5967]

less than 1,500 respondents... where did this data come from because where are the 12% of americans that can do over 50 consecutive push ups lol.

[@DMDvideo10]

I do 50-60 a day, various styles, in two sets along with 3 sets of 10 chin ups/pull ups. I'm 62 in 3 months...

[@Tinqing]

“Doing pushups is beneficial for everyone” yeah, yesterday I broke my arm, after I did some pushups and its going much better😭👍

[@somnorila9913]

It's easier at the beginning of your set but harder at the end of that with the hand release.

[@duckblue8467]

The most push-ups iv done in a row before was 61, I’m 13 female and I actually did the second most push-ups in my (all male) class (If anyones wandering it was a football class)

[@pm71241]

When I was 18 and played relative high level youth sport, I could barely take 50 pushups. Now I'm 51 and can do over 60. I don't think it's wise though... it does strain the muscle attachments a bit. So I prefer to do 2 * 40 with some other exercises in between.

[@djay6651]

My last ACFT, I hit 35 hand release push-ups at age 50. I'm not gonna complain, but it's still fewer than I want.

[@Greatest_ever]

hand release is usually harder because most people don't know how to do a proper pushup

[@vaskevicius]

We love workouts very much! ❤

[@meanmanturbo]

As a 120 kg 180 cm 40 year old guy, I could do 20 proper full range push ups. Always been kinda bad at push ups.

[@albinshibu7750]

Proper one strech 30 Pushups gang

[@Dave_Productions_26050]

I'm 44 yrs old, 161 kg and can do 15 pushups. I am happy with myself.

[@GiordanoFanti]

Dude you basically doing powerlifting! XD

[@leos4286]

What

[@UNLIMITED_WMSEEDS]

I used to do 66 pushups in a row with decent form (straight arm then straight head/back and chin 2-3 inches from ground) then I began doing perfect pushups and that went down to my max being 35-45 /:

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

3:27 it is easier for sure to rest your body weight on the floor for a second or two. But it is a TEST and one that it is way harder to cheat. Since you have to actually go all the way down.

[@patrickbourne3819]

Clean is a key word that makes me doubt the numbers. Like even compared to the military I tend to make my pushups harder so that I'm getting the most out of them but then do I train my technique to do more lower quality pushups so that I can compare? It also sounds strange but it takes time to learn to do pushups in a strict way. Keeping core tension is hard to do particularly if you haven't ever recorded yourself.

[@uliwehner]

this was a pretty good video with supporting numbers. I am not a callisthenics guy, more of a gym and benchpress guy. turning 60 this year, 5,11weighing about 190 (got fluffy) bench 315, and i can do 50 pushups easy, i do them fast because i don't use them for training, more as a test of my fitness every couple of months. During covid i did a 30 minute 1000 pushups challenge. doing them fast i did about 35 a minute, with about 35 seconds of that being rest. took my a little over 2 weeks to get to 1000 in 30 minutes. Really all about cardio. I believe that benchpresses are a much better strength exercise. and pushups are really more of a cardio for me. doing them slow cuts of the oxygen from the muscles and strengthens your core, as such is not conducive to improving your numbers. but then again i am just a 60-year-old who can do 80 pushups if i want to, and 50 anytime and as often as i want to.

[@LiLoTech]

I always dread getting started but after a few reps, things kick into gear. Then, a few dozen are knocked out before I know it. Then it's the same drill with avlbs and so on. Dread - energy burst - over. Then get lazy again.

[@sadify01]

I'm 15 yrs old and my max is around 65-70 reps with perfect form.

[@wendelnazare9882]

i can do 34-40 push ups but i am always very tired at 20, how to fix that?

[@Sarygod]

some cardio might help and drink alot

[@echelon2k8]

More cardio.

[@cringeanimations7227]

When I was in that range, I also felt tired at 20, I’d just push through it until I hit failure

[@nmnate]

It's typical that you'll start to slow down as you fatigue. I can do about 50 clean pushups and will start slowing down around 35. At 45, the reps are starting to get fairly difficult (and noticeably slower). If you practice your pushups regularly, you'll get better at them. Improving your conditioning will help, too... especially as you get into higher rep sets.